The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 165
After the pick-and-roll, Harden passed the ball to Li Pu, who bounced outside. Li Pu stood outside the three-point line, completely ignoring Chalmers' supplementary defense, and directly chose a pull-up jumper.

Red Crisp Hand, Huangteng Wine, I'll leave after three points!
66:52, the Heat called a timeout!

"Pretty!"

Li Pu and Harden looked at each other with a high five and smiled, then walked towards the sidelines with their shoulders crossed.

After the Thunder replaced Harden in the third quarter, the Thunder beat the Heat 19:4, opening the point difference to 14 points in one fell swoop.

This is already the biggest score tonight.

This is already the second timeout called by coach Spoel this quarter.

If you don't call again, I'm afraid you won't have to call for the whole game!

Because the Thunder's scoring explosive power is too strong, if you are not careful, you will be blown away.

The Thunder did not expect that the effect would be so good after replacing Harden.

But think about it carefully.

After Harden is on the field, it is not simply one plus one equals two. After adding a ball control point and a three-point point in the backcourt, there will always be loopholes in the Heat's perimeter defense. On the defensive end, after switching defenses, Harden's tonnage It's bigger than Sefolosha, and it's not like people imagine that Harden's defense will stretch his hips.

As a result, the Heat were naturally caught off guard.

Back from the timeout, the Heat replaced Chalmers with Norris Cole and used him to defend Westbrook while Wade defended Harden.

Although on the offensive end, Cole is not as good as Chalmers, but Cole's physical fitness is worse than Chalmers, and the defense is more suitable for Westbrook.

This kind of substitution, although not to say that it can immediately catch up with the score, but at least it can ensure that the team will not be further opened up.

However, these are just tinkering. What can really affect the trend of the game has to be the performance of superstars!
James failed to score for several consecutive rounds, and he was unable to score in positional battles for a long time. This is the biggest reason why the Heat were opened by the Thunder.

Therefore, the Heat need to resort to the final trump card of the positional battle at this time, Wade!
In fact, every team that wants to compete for the championship needs such an assaulter.

He usually doesn't need to control the ball, doesn't need to revitalize the team, and doesn't need to have very eye-catching statistics, but at the most critical moment, when his teammates can't score, he needs to stand up and solve the team's scoring problem.

Of course, players with such abilities generally have good statistics, and they will also be the core of a team, such as Kobe is to the Lakers, such as Durant is to the Thunder.

But the Heat are special. The person who serves as the assaulter is not the team boss James, but Wade!

At this time, other players of the Heat opened up space one after another, and Wade faced Westbrook singles at the top of the arc.

The reason why the Thunder used Westbrook to defend against Wade instead of Harden was mainly because Westbrook's defensive ability was seriously underestimated, to be precise, it was a single defense ability.

To be honest, Westbrook's defensive habits are not good. He is often criticized for not focusing on defense, and often runs to the basket to grab rebounds regardless of the three-point shooter.

In fact, this is mainly due to Westbrook's weak awareness of changing defenses and the change in the status of the team after Durant left.

In fact, Westbrook at this time did not dare to give up his defensive target and run to the basket to grab rebounds. After all, there are Li Pu and Ibaka under the basket. If Westbrook dares to do this, Li Pu will definitely spray him to death!

And Westbrook's single-defense ability, because of his excellent physical fitness and his lateral movement that did not slow down before the serious injury, made him a defender that caused headaches for all offensive players.

At this time, Wade was having a headache facing Westbrook. His good strength and flexible steps made Wade's several temptations come back in vain.

But who is Wade, that is a superstar, single-handedly breaking through the league.

I saw that he used rhythm and sudden acceleration to successfully complete the breakthrough by virtue of the time difference.

However, he still couldn't get rid of Westbrook completely, and was always stuck behind him by Westbrook, but he didn't get started.

This prevented Wade from using a mid-range jumper to finish. He didn't expect Westbrook to have a brain!

So Wade can only use the two finishing methods of throwing or hitting the inside line.

Originally, Wade was going to use the former, however, at this moment he saw Ibaka moving towards him quickly.

Ibaka's lateral movement was very fast, and he was in front of Wade almost instantly.

This made Wade, who was about to throw a shot, immediately use a Buddha-bow move and pass Ibaka.

Wade, who passed the two in a row, quickly made a layup with a low hand, but at this moment, seeing a smooth sky, a big hand suddenly appeared, blocking the path of the basketball.

How can it be?How dare Li Pu?

You know, at this time Ibaka has already defended, and if Li Pu defends again, Bosh and Haslem under the basket will be empty!

However, Li Pu seized this opportunity and successfully blocked Wade on the premise that Wade could not pass the ball.

In fact, assisting defense is a job that tests basketball IQ. He not only needs excellent physical fitness, but also knows how to judge the timing, when to shrink the basket, when to defend, and when to let go of his defensive object. Between flashes and flints, players need to make the most reasonable decisions in a very short period of time.

Such a difficult task, but Li Pu accomplished it very well!

It can be seen that Li Pu's talent is not only in the body, isn't the mind another kind of talent?
Li Puzhen should be grateful for the baptism of the nine-year compulsory education, which did not let him suffer from the poison of capitalist happy education!
Relying on Li Pu's block, the Thunder successfully resolved the Heat's offense. After Ibaka grabbed the rebound and handed it to Westbrook, the Thunder resumed their fast break.

It's a pity that Westbrook, who stepped on the Hot Wheels and rushed into the frontcourt, was blocked by James in the end when he dunked.

Westbrook served from the bottom line, and the Heat took strict precautions against defending.

"5, 4, 3, 2..."

The referee kept counting, but the Thunder ran a few tactics, but they didn't run out. The Heat defended very tightly. Neither Harden nor Durant could catch the ball.

Seeing that the five-second violation was about to be violated, at this moment, Westbrook saw Li Pu who made an air cut from the outside line, and when he saw him pointing his index finger to the sky, he immediately understood.

Westbrook tossed the ball from behind the backboard, the basketball was thrown high into the sky, and then fell around the backboard and landed right in front of the rim.

At this time, Bosh and Haslem of the Heat had already seen through the Thunder's tactics and rushed over to stop them immediately, but it was too late.

Like a god descending from heaven, Li Pu leaped high, and after receiving the ball in the air, he knocked the two of them apart and dunked the ball hard into the basket!
Relying on Li Pu's one attack and one defense, the Thunder team continued their offensive rhythm, and the balance of victory was tilted more and more towards the Thunder team.

(End of this chapter)